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811
Description: Canted rectangle; twisted rope edging (top and canting only); centre top, date (written as 1018); below to left and right, initials.
Notes: It has been suggested that the initials IR relate to King James I but the lack of any other royal decoration makes this unlikely.
Inscription: 1618 / IR IR
- Decoration tags:
- canted rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- text
Manufactured: in 1618 possibly in the Shropshire area of England.
Current location: 50, Church Street, Broseley, Shropshire, England.
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks
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1019
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging; top centre and corners, stamp formed of three ostrich feathers within a coronet, repeated three times.
Notes: The ostrich feathers are the badge of the Prince of Wales; a recast plate. Gildings Auctioneers, Market Harborough, 19 Apr 2016 lot 529.
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- carved stamps
- heraldic
- royal
- objects
Manufactured: in the early to mid 17th century in England.
Current location: Gilding's Auctioneers, The Mill, Great Bowden Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England.
- Attached to series:
- Prince of Wales' feathers series
- Prince of Wales firebacks
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974
Description: Arched rectangular shape on a plain plinth; scalloped cavetto-moulded edging (top and sides); initials in triad within arch; date split in top corners; unidentified stamp top centre; hound stamp above letter 'R', stag stamp above letter 'A'; annulet stamp repeated inside each half of the date; flat scrolled protuberance on each side of arch; smaller protuberance above each shoulder.
Notes: The initials are likely to be those of a husband and wife, the stag and hound possibly associated with the husband's occupation. The protuberances are seen in different forms on firebacks on a few firebacks of the same period.
Inscription: RHA / 16 66
- Decoration tags:
- arched rectangular (shape)
- scalloped cavetto (edging)
- carved stamps
- individual letters
- individual numbers
- text
- animals
- objects
Manufactured: in 1666 in England.
Current location: Bishop's House, Norton Lees Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
(part of the Museums Sheffield museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Miscellaneous stamp firebacks
- Date & initials firebacks
- Loop edged firebacks
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780
Description: Rectangular; twisted rope edging (top and sides); top corners, initials in separate stamps arranged in triad with ‘WR’ above ‘E’; top centre, date on single block overstamped.
Notes: It is somewhat puzzling why a furnace should have a stock of letters but not of numerals. The use of a block for the date suggests that other firebacks may bear the same stamp.
Inscription: WER [triad] 1632 WER [triad]
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular (shape)
- rope (edging)
- individual letters
- date stamp
- text
Manufactured: in 1632 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: Priest House, West Hoathly, West Sussex, England.
Museum number: 1944.24.233 (part of the Sussex Archaeological Society museum group)
- Attached to series:
- Date & initials firebacks